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WATER MOTOR TAN.

No. 565,772. Patented Aug. 11 1896.

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UNITED STATES Fnrcn.

\VILLIAIWI J. MIN GLE, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, AND THOMAS BEMIS, OFINDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

THE SPECIALTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

DIANA.

OF INDIANAPOLIS, IN-

WATER-MOTOR'FAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,772, dated August11, 1896.

Application filed July 26, 1894. Serial No. 518,623. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM J. MINGLE, residing at Lancaster, in thecounty of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, and THOMAS BEMIs,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in WVater-Motor Fans, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of our present invention is to produce a small cheap fan?which may beconveniently connected to and operated by any ordinarywater-supply. In shape it is very much like the usual form of electricalfans, and is intended to be an inexpensive substitute therefor.

Our said invention will be first fully described, and the novel featuresthereof then pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which are made a part hereof, andon which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1is a perspective view of a fan embodying our said invention; Fig. 2, avertical sectional view on the dotted line 2 2, in Fig. 3; and Fig. 3, avertical sectional view on the dotted line 3 3, in Fig. 2.

In said drawings the portions marked A represent the base on which thefan is 1nount- .ed; B, the water-wheel case; C, the watersupply pipe; D,the water-wheel; E, the fan; F, the guard for said fan, and G the wateregress or waste pipe.

The base A is preferably mounted on legs A, and contains a chamber toreceive the waste-water as it leaves the water-wheel. It is preferablycircular in horizontal section, with a circular opening on its upperside which is formed for a seat to receive the water-wheel case.

The water-wheelv case B is a flat circular case set on edge, with oneside developed into a standard which rests upon and is secured to thebase A. Cast in this case and forming part thereof is a by-path b, whichleads up to a convenient point from which to discharge the water againstthe wheel, and a section of pipe B is screwed into the bottom end ofthis by-path, and is adapted to extend down through an orifice in thebottom of the case A to the outside thereof, where, as will be presentlydescribed, it is connected to the supply-pipe. Near the upper end of theby-path an orifice is formed leading to the outside of the case, which,when the apparatus is assembled in condition for use, is closed by aplug 19. A hole is drilled through the inner side of said by-path in thedirection it is desired that the nozzle shall point, and in this hole isscrewed the small nozzle 92, through which a fine stream of water isdirected against the wheel. observed, this nozzle is removable, and byproviding two or more with orifices of different sizes they can bereadily interchanged, and a greater or less force thus employed indriving the fan. Usually, however, the nozzle-orifice may be very small,one-sixteenth of an inch being commonly quite sutficient. One side ofthe case is formed of a screw-cap B which can be removed by anappropriate wrench inserted in the wrench-holes W, as shown in Fig. 2,and the whole interior of the case thus exposed. Extending out from theother side of the case is a long bearing B for the shaft of the device,upon the inner end of which the water-wheel is mounted and the outer endof which carries the fan proper.

The water-pipe C leads from any appropriate source of water-supply (notshown) and connects to the fitting C, which is screwed onto the lowerend of the short pipe B. This pipe B serves both as a conduit for thewater and as a bolt to unite thebase A and the case B. Said pipe B isscrewed firmly into the lower end of the by-path which forms an integralpart of the case B. Its lower end extends through an orifice in thebottom of the base A. A suitable packing, in the form of a washer 0,being placed around the lower end of this pipe B outside the case, andthe fitting C screwed up tightly against it, it serves also as a nut,and draws the parts A and B tightly together, and as a packing a isinterposed in the seat in the upper portion of As will be readily thebase A, in which the case B rests, the joints are also renderedwater-tight, and the parts are all thus effectually united without theuse of either screws,bolts, or other devices.

The water-wheel D is a small wheel with proper buckets formed on theedge, and is adapted to be driven by the force of the water coming inthrough the nozzle n. It is fixedly mounted on the shaft E, upon theother end of which is the fan E, the arrangement of these parts beingsimple and easily understood. The hub of the water-wheel acts as acollar at one end of the shaft and the hub of the fan as a collar at theother end, and the shaft is thus prevented from moving longitudinally ineither direction.

The guard F is formed of wire in the ordinary manner, and covers thefan-blades and prevents things from coming in contact therewith. It issecured to the base A by having two points 6 extend through small holesin the rim of said base and to the water-wheel case by a screw 5-,passing through an eye or loop 6, as shown in the drawings.

The waste-pipe G is secured to a fitting G, which in turn is screwedinto a suitable opening in the bottom of the base A. By the use ofsuitable packing-rings g or other material used in such joints thisconnection is also rendered water-tight, all in a usual and wellknownmanner.

As will be readily observed, this device can be manufactured andassembled complete ready for use, with the fittings O and G alreadyattached, so that in order to put it in use all that is necessary is toconnect a supply-pipe to the fitting C and a waste-pipe to the fitting Gand turn on water, when the fan will at once operate.

Having thus fully described our said invention, what we claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Ina water-driven fan structure, the combination, of a base containing awaste-water chamber, a water-wheel case formed with one side removable,and having a by-path formed integrally therein which constitutes a partof the water-inlet, and with its lower side developed into a hollowstandard which rests upon the base and registers with an opening to thewaste-water chamber therein, a section of pipe which extends up throughsaid wastewater chamber and is connected to the lower end of saidby-path in the water-wheel casing, a fitting screwed onto the lower endof said pipe to bear against the under side of said base and secure itand the wheel-casing together, packing in said joints, a water supplyconnected with said pipe, a discharge-nozzle leading from the by-path tothe wheel-casing, a waste-pipe leading from said waste-water chamber,and the wheel and fan, all substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof we have respectively signed this specification eachin the presence of two witnesses.

M. J. MINGLE. THOS. BEHIS. \Vitnesses as to Mingle:

F. T. HETHERINGTON, THos. BENNETT. \Vitnesses as to Bemis:

CHESTER BRADFORD, JAMES A. WALSH.

